Alfonso Prada

Alfonso Prada was the President of the Republic of Queimada in 1854, when the country came under the occupation of the United Kingdom.

Biography
Prada was born to a family of landowners who came from Portugal on the Lesser Antilles island of Queimada in the Caribbean Sea. Of the white upper class, Prada was highly-powerful due to his position as a leader of the sugarcane industry, and in 1844 he was convinced by British agent Sir William Walker that he should launch a revolution against Portugal. Aiding Agustin Anguilar and Terry Sanchez in overthrowing the Portuguese government as the British blocked any Portuguese reinforcements from reaching the island, Prada was made a General when the Republic of Queimada was declared in 1845.

For ten years, Prada served as the commander of the Queimadan Army, and in 1848 he was responsible for the attempts to quell the revolt of General Jose Dolores. In 1854, Prada seized power from President Terry Sanchez after Sanchez attempted to have Sir William Walker arrested; Prada was pro-Britain and wanted their friendship for the sugarcane trade. Aided by crack British troops and artillery, he eventually put the revolt down after six years, and Dolores was executed by hanging. Prada served as President of the Provisional Government of Queimada until the island was occupied by the British.